Z Pressing 1929 STRAVINSKY SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Rite of Spring Stokowski VIC M-74
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A series of great Orchestra Records by great conductors on 78 rpm records
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EXQUISITE SET on RARE Z-TYPE SHELLAC Scroll records
On May 29th, 1913 Igor Stravinsky, in the able hands of young conductor Pierre Monteux, set off, what Arthur Honegger called: The atomic bomb in Music.
His ballet Le Sacre du Printemps/Rite of Spring, with the Ballet Russe and Nijinski performing, forever changed the musical landscape. New avenues for orchestration, polyrhythms and formal construction were opened by this revolutionary work.
Recorded only 16 years after the original premiere,
Leopold Stokowski captivating reading with the the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA was
Sept 24-26 1929 and then Dec 3 1930
Series: Musical Masterpiece Series
Format:
4 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album
Genre: Classical
Style: Modern
Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring)
A First Tableau: The Adoration Of The Earth—Introduction
B Foreboding Of Spring—Dance Of Adolescents—Ritual Of Abduction
C Vernal Dance
D Conflict Of The Rival Tribes—Procession Of The Sage—Adoration Of The Earth—Dance Of The Earth
E Second Tableau: The Sacrifice—Introduction (The Pagan Night)
F Dance Of The Mysterious Circles—Glorification Of The Chosen Virgin
G Evocation And Ritual Of The Ancestors
H Sacrificial Dance Of The Chosen Virgin
Record Company – RCA Victor Company, Inc.
Record Company – RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Composed By – Igor Strawinsky*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra
Complete EXQUISITE SET on RARE Z-TYPE SHELLAC (no Z mark) Victor Scroll 4 x12" Victor records, first record is equally quiet VICTOR GOLD CIRCLE pressing Set AM-74 (slide coupling)
EXCELLENT rare scuffs, plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET rare ticks, Album close to new, binding and sleeves sound, tiny rubbing top of spine
Stokowski and Rimsky-Korsakov were truly a match made in musical heaven. The composer’s exotic orchestral colors, lush Romanticism and lively rhythms played to the conductor’s strengths. It is no wonder, then, that the composer’s works – and Scheherazade in particular – feature prominently in Stokowski’s discography.
Stokowski recorded abridged movements from Scheherazade acoustically with his Philadelphia Orchestra as early as 1919 (on Pristine PASC 476), and made the first electrical recording, reissued here, in 1927. He went on to re-record it, again in Philadelphia, in 1934 before making a still-unpublished version with the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1941. His next three recordings, all from the LP era, emanated from London: a 1951 version with the Philharmonia Orchestra; a 1964 Decca “Phase-4” recording with the London Symphony; and a final version in 1975 with the Royal Philharmonic.
All of the recordings reflect the same general outline of the conductor’s interpretation; but the 1927 version is prized for being the lithest, swiftest and most energetic of the lot. Stokowski is aided by the crack first-desk team of the orchestra of the time, particularly concertmaster Mischa Mischakoff, clarinetist Daniel Bonade and oboist Marcel Tabuteau.
Before recording the complete work in October of 1927, Stokowski set down the first movement alone the prior May. This version, unpublished on 78 rpm discs, was spread over three sides with a correspondingly broader tempo. It is fascinating to compare this to the issued version on two sides, in which Stokowski tries to achieve the same overall approach by shortening pauses and subtly increasing tempos to fit the allotted timing without seeming to be rushed. The earlier version, transferred from vinyl tests, is included here before the complete recording.
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